'Methos' Methos Thought

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I initially stuck this in the comments of the 'Methos' episode discussion of last week, but decided to move it up here.

I've often wondered how different the episode might have been, how different Methos might have been, if they hadn't been planning on killing him off at that point in time. What might have been different if he'd been planned as a recurring character from the outset?